Biocube29 from mantis tank to Clown heaven

[RDNanoGuy]

Originally Posted by Polscot

if you get a smasher he wont touch fish ive got 3 clowns living with mine, i spot feed them every 3rd day, as long as u do that they wont kill n e thing, maybe take the odd hermit, but who cares bout them :P lol, if you get a spearer then ull start losing fish

Don't kid yourself there bud.... My 7" Peacock (Dr. Zoidberg) will catch and eat fish. He's a good swimmer and picks off blue/green chromis on a regular basis especially if I don't feed him EVERY day! He also devours any CUC I put in there.... He even ate a brittle star.

[Polscot]

i do agree with you, BUT did ur peacock start off 1" long and grow up with the fish it ate? there very smart creatures and learn fast, there are many many success storys of people keeping fish with smasher mantids.....that being said every mantis is different

7" thats awesome what size tank do u keep him in? id lvoe to see pics

[RDNanoGuy]

I agree all mantises are different just realize big peacocks are eating machines and if you don't feed them regularly don't be suprised to find your favorite fish suddenly gone! Hence why I use green chromis... I'm not too sad if he eats a $6 fish. They usually last quite awhile though if he's fed every day.... Anything with a shell is fair game to him... I like to give him freshwater mussels from the seafood counter... Something challenging to open!

[RDNanoGuy]

Originally Posted by Polscot

7" thats awesome what size tank do u keep him in? id lvoe to see pics

Yeah I've had him for like 2 years. He was about 4" when I got him. He lives in a 30x14x14 tank in my bedroom. Filtration consists of a magnum H.O.T canister and a Remora Nano on a timer to run while I'm at work. Lighting consists of a Coralife 2 bulb NO T5 fixture. He has two piles of LR to make his burrows under sitting in 2 inches of crushed coral that he moves around to great delight. Abundant macro algae grows on the rocks.

I'll try to post some pics tomorrow!

[Polscot]

sadly after about 5 years my peacock died he had a bad molt, so im restarting the tank into a clown heaven, I will be putting various anemones into it and i have a couple designer clowns, system has been running steady with extremely low maintenance for 5-6 years now

A few tank photos I will add more as I upgrade, I installed 2 rapid LED custom kits I had laying around under the hood to allow anemone growth and maybe some corals once they settle in place,

here it is so far













I have a jaebo wp-10 on order to increase my flow, the coarline has run rampant and looks gear imo but it is not growing on the foam parts of the wall so I will need to think of something to fix this

[Polscot]

my bad, 7 year update according to my posts, tanks been running longer then I thought lol

[Polscot]

I came home after buying a new RBTA and my (custom rapid LED) set up blew up........so I ran out to pieces and bought a new kessil 160 tuna (gave me the excuse to) and fabbed up a fast acrylic lid for my biocube.

I also added in a Jebao WP-10, if you dont have one for a similar sized tank, your missing out!!

here are some photos of me messing with the light settings and some of the new RBTA.

full blue spec


50/50


full white


I keep it at 50/50 looks amazing

the acrylic top I made


FTS showing Kessil and lid and tank


New RBTA (thanx Golds)


RBTA has freckles


Penny enjoying her Sabae (they bonded awesome, If anyoners wondering ill tell yah how I got them to host easy




thats all I got for today, waiting a few months for Nems to fully settle then Ill add some SPS and LPS,

[Polscot]

managed to get a pretty good macro with my new phone, RBTA is growing nicely I love the freckles